When should our daughters get their first mammograms?

I think a first base line should be done about 30, unless you have a family memeber that has breast cancer dx before 40, then go with the 10 years earlier that others have said.

My Father was dx with Breast Cancer in 2007. At that time I got a base line done it came back clear. I have been doing self breast exams (mostly hubby does them) except for the months of Oct -Jan , because of my dad dieing (not from Breast cancer but another type of cancer).

I did a self exam Feb 11, 2011 and found a lump. I waited for 2 weeks to see if it was just a inflamed glan as I have NO insurance. Then I went to the doctors, they ordered a scan, the 17 of March I have the biopsy done. On March 21, 2011 they confirmed Breast Cancer.

So do self exams, is what I am telling everyone!

I think mammograms should be done as early as possible.  I went to my Dr. for a physical and mentioned that I felt a little pain in my left breast.  It was only when I would bump something or lean into the washer to remove clothes, I thought it was a pulled muscle or something.  The Dr. felt nothing but sent me for a mammo just to be safe.  Found out that I have multifocal invasice ductal carcinoma.  I firmly believe the guidlines should be changed period. 

One of the first questions I asked my oncologist was when should my daughter have a mammo. She's 35, no kids.She had hers' done 2 weeks ago. She had very dense breasts so an ultrasound was recomended.She hasn't scheduled it yet but hopefully she will before school starts in September, she's a teacher.My personal feeling is that I would want my daughter to have a baseline mammo starting at age 25.Depending on what's found , go from there.

Re: Thermography -  the American Cancer Society has this to say:

"no study has ever shown that it is an effective screening tool for finding breast cancer early. It should not be used as a substitute for mammograms."

Source is HERE, and has some good info on other newer and experimental breast imaging methods.

I was diagnosed at 39, and I was told to have my daughters start being watched 10 years earlier, so they'll  start getting mammos at 29.  I join the rest of you, though, in hoping there's a much better detection modality by then! 

I haven't scrolled all the way back to read the whole thread, but I had a baseline at 35 (with no history of BC, but just to have something to compare later ones with). I would think with a strong history of BC, a earlier one would be smart (at 30 maybe?). They cost (around here anyway) about $300. There are also programs that will help people pay if you can't afford it. I would say to everyone to be very vigalant about self-exams too (even though they are not offically recommended anymore), because that is how I found mine.

Wow, that means my daughter should have her baseline around age 30. I don't think that is too soon either.

I just came from the OB/GYN today and I asked this very question to her since I have a 19 year old daughter. She said that she does not have a single BC patient (in their 40's or younger) in her practice whose BC was found by a mammogram. They either felt the lump first and then they got confirmation via mammogram/US/biopsy OR felt the lump and the mammo did not see it either before or after finding the lump. She said the most important thing young women can do is a regular self-exam.